O.K., how many of us came to Alembic through the Grateful Dead?  How many play Dead music?
 
I'll be the first to throw my hat in this ring.  Yes on both accounts.
 
Bill, tgo

ya know bill  
i dont remember how i found alembic..lmao
had to be through my deadness....
i did see jack play#1 but didnt know who made it
binghampton 73 or was it 74?
uh
i play some dead tunes......
 
does over 150 shows count?

No Grateful Dead connection here. I came to Alembic through Stanley.

sign me up

Me to.
Chuck

I most definitely came to Alembic because of the Dead connection. I became a return customer because of the unparalleled quality, craftsmanship, and customer service. I play Grateful Dead material and lots of other stuff.  
 
Peace
Tom

I wouldn?t classify myself as a ?Deadhead? but I do like their music.  
 
I too was more influenced by Stanleys than the ?Dead? connection to Alembic. But my greatest influence and introduction to Alembic was a schoolmate in High School who bought a new Series-1, let me play it once and I was hooked.

That's why I'm here!
 
Mark

I came to Alembic through my Dad.  I started carrying his Series I for him when I was 4 years old.

Stanley, no DH connection whatsoever though I did have to cover a few tunes in my day.

I'm probably the only one that got here THIS way:
 
Michael Rutherford (of Genesis)
 
I was looking through his equipment list, and he had Alembic listed. Being curious, I checked out a Distillate in the early 80's, and that was it for me.
 
Ken (TEO)

I found Alembic about two days after deciding to play bass.  I had never heard of them and had no idea who might play Alembic.  What I did know was as soon as the music store guy put it in my hand I found something special.  20 some years later here I am.
 
Sam

Funny enough, my introduction to Alembic was through Zeppelin bootlegs and John Paul's tone was not the greatest at that period and sounded inappropriate for the older stuff w/ the Jazz bass. So why did I get one anyways? I found an '86 Distillate which sounded great and basically stole it from the store, and the G.A.S continues.  
 Now I'm going to ask for an explanation from you Dead Heads(something I've been meaning to ask). What is it about them that makes them so appealing to you? I've played many festivals w/ jam bands and they were all good bands w/ very good players I just did'nt get it. I do not ask this with any insults implied I just feel that I could get a better explanation here than the atypical  cogh cough it's the Dead bro, whadda ya mean ya don't get it cough cough?

Stanley Clarke, but not because I had heard him play. I hadn't, that didn't come until much later. It was an art school project to re-do an existing black and white magazine ad. Found one with this tall dude holding this teeny-tiny bass. Cool looking bass, me thought. Forgot all about Alembics until I bought one almost twenty years later.
Well, there was a Zep concert in 1980. Achilles' Last Stand shook the ground. But I don't remember too much more from that night, yeesh.

JAE  
 
'nuff said. For now....